Bacteriophage PM2 nomenclature revision

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作者
Merino, S
Tomás, JM
Maniloff, J
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[1] Univ Rochester, Med Ctr, Dept Microbiol & Immunol, Sch Med & Dent, Rochester, NY 14642 USA
[2] Univ Barcelona, Fac Biol, Dept Microbiol, Barcelona, Spain
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10.1007/s007050050424
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Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 100705 ;
摘要
Two taxonomically different bacteriophages have unintentionally been given the same name. Alteromonas phage PM2, isolated in 1968, is the type species of the family Corticoviridae, genus Corticovirus: lipid-containing, icosahedral viruses containing circular dsDNA. Aeromonas phage PM2, isolated in 1990, is a tailed virus, with contractile tail, and presumably a member of the family Myoviridae: phages with contractile tails, containing linear dsDNA. To avoid confusion, the name of Aeromonas phage PM2 is now changed to phage AehPM2.
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